Kosciusko puckett



K. PUCKETT.

Rotary Cultivator.

No. 63.176'.= Patented Mar, 26,1867? Wi%n asses with tstrs strut fftra KOSCIUSKO PUCKETT, or? PARISH or-nonnnous Lou s ana. Letters Patent No. 63,176, dated Marches, 1-867.

IMPROVEMENT IN COTTON UHOPPER.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY'CONOERN:

Be it known that I, KOSGIUSKO-PUCKET'I, of the parish of Morehouse, in the State of Louisiana, have invented a new and useful Machine for Chopping out young Cotton, so as toleavc What remains in'bunches, and to flat weed the land; and I do hereby declare that the following isa fnll,-elear, and exact'description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, makinga part of this specification, in which the machine is represented as working in a frame two feet wide by three feet long, with cross-pieces, one at each end, one in the middle; the front crosspiece being curved. In front of the middle cross-piece there are two wheels working on the same axle marked A and G. Wheel Ais geared wlth cogs on the side three i nches below the rini'(as shown'in the side View) of thewheel, and is stationary onthe axle. The wheelG,,working onthe same axle, has no gearingpbut is of the same size and -.shape with wheel .A, and is movable either tothe right or left, and is for the purpose of'supporting the frame, and on which the inachine runs. Running from the middle crosspiece to the back cross-piece is a shaft marked 0-, which rests in boxes on thennder side of the machine. On the front end of the shaft is fastened a bevelled pinion marked B,-which works'in the geared wheel A. In this shaft there is a hoe marked D. Behind and on either side. there is a wheel for the purpose of holding the machine o'n adevel, and acting with the two front wheels A and G in conveying the machine OVGTthGgrOLIIId mHJkQd H H. \Vhen the machine is in motion the. hoe makes a revol nvtionat everyfoot, cutting out a hoe full of cotton at each revolution.

The-driving-wheel A, which is fastenedvto the axle F, is stationary. G, the balance-wheel, is fastened on the same axle F, and is movable to suit the operator. B is a pinion fastened on the shaft 0, to which the hoe D is attached with two-nuts; one beneath and one above the shaft, to set the hoe any given depth inthe ground; Y E is the frame underneath which the boxes are let in, and in which the axle'F and shaft 0 work. The Wheels H are to hold up the back part of the frame and assist in conveying the fraine along.

What I claim, and desire to secure-by Letters Patent, is-

The combination of the driving-wheel;A,- the balance-wheel G pinion B, shaft 0, and hoe-D, with the frame E and its'a-ppurtenances, when their several parts are arranged and constructed as described for the purpose set forth.

KOSGIUSKO PUOKETTI- Witnesses r H. DUDLEY COLEMAN, JAMES BREWE 

